Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Limited | Disco Corp provides only limited transparency around its climate-related lobbying. It does identify two specific government initiatives it engages with – the Japanese “Act on the Rational Use of Energy (Energy Conservation Act)” and participation in a solar-power subsidy programme run by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization – demonstrating that the company is willing to name the legislation and public programmes it interacts with. The description of its engagement mechanism, however, is sparse: the company notes that it files greenhouse-gas reports and a mid-term emissions-reduction plan under the Energy Conservation Act, but it does not say which ministry receives these filings or describe any other direct or indirect approaches to policymakers. Finally, the company gives only broad statements about why it engages, indicating that compliance can “become a trigger to make a mid- to long-term plan and improve the amount of emissions” and that using subsidies “can achieve cost reduction and actively implement generating clean energies,” without specifying any concrete policy amendments, targets or regulatory changes it seeks. Because the disclosures stop short of detailing who is lobbied, how, and the specific outcomes Disco Corp wants, the overall level of transparency remains low. | 1 |